Portable indook tent



"(No.Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 1. W. ORR, Sr. PORTABLE INDOOR TENT.

Patented Sept. 22

(No Model.) 2 Shets-Sheet 2.

W. ORR, Sr.

PORTABLE INDOOR TENT. No. 459,764. Patented Sept. 2-2, 1891.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ORR, SR, OF ROCHESTER, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TOCHARLES E. MOORE AND EZRA A. RANNELLS, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

PORTABLE INDOOR TENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,764, datedSeptember 22, 1891.

Application filed February 27, 1891. Berial No. 383,090. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM ORR, S12, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Fulton and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Portable Indoor Tent, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in portable indoor tents; and theobjects in view IO are to provide a tent of cheap and simpleconstruction, adapted to be readily set up or taken down and packed forshipment or transportation; furthermore, to provide a suit-- ableprotector for preventing heat from the lamp scorching or burning theroof of the tent, and withal provide a tent especially adapted forindoor use by societies, the.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a tentconstructed in accordance with my invention, the same being in 2 5position for use. Fig.2 is a view of the same packed ready for shipment.Fig. 3 is a horizontal section. Fig. 4 is a detail in perspective of theroof-supporting ring. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of theroof-supporting ring.

0 Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures ofthe drawings.

In practicing myinvention I construct the wall of the tent of a seriesof wooden frames, oblong in elevation, and divided so as to form 5 upperand lower panels. These frames are formed in sections, and two sectionscompose the wall of the tent.

1 designates aframe, which is provided with a lower panel 2, of wood,papier-mach, or

other like material, and with an upper panel 3, which may be of the samematerial, of wiregauze, or of glass. A series of these frames are hingedat lternately-opposite sides, as at 4, so that they may fold inalternate direc- 5 tions one upon the other, as shown in Fig. 2, and arethus packed flat for shipment. The frames are also provided along theirupper rails with a series of studs or buttons 5 for a purposehereinafter apparent. One of the end frames of each section is providedwith a hinge 7 at its upper corner, and the same serves as a means ofconnecting with a rail or sill 8. The rail or sill8 has hinged thereto ahasp 9, and pivoted to the side of the hasp is a hook 10. The oppositeframe is provided with a staple 11, so that the two sections of framesmay be assembled and connected to form a wall, the staple of one sectionbeing engaged and locked by the hasp and hook of the opposite section.This also leaves doors at diametrically-opposite sides of the wall.

If desired, the entire wall may be formed of a series of connectedsections, or two sections may be employed, as in the present instance,and the staples and hasps be employed to connect the adjacent edges ofthe frames of said sections, as will be apparent, so that but one doorwill be formed.

13 designates a circular disk, formed of wood, and provided around itsperiphery with perforations 14; and at its center with a singleperforation 15 and a loop 16. Below the disk is a wooden ring 17, havingits periphery grooved, as at 18, and notched as at 19. The disk and ringare connected at intervals by short connecting-standards 20. A wire ring21 is located in the groove 18, and in each notch there is pivoted tothe groove a short rib 23.

2a designates the roof of a tent, formed of ducking, canvas, or othersuitable waterproof material, and the same is composed of the usualV-shaped gores orsections, between the seams 25 of which the ribs aresecured. The roof is provided at its centerwith an opening, and throughthe same, upon the bottom side, is passed a conical metal guard 26, theupper edge of which has a reduced opening and extends through and abovethe central hole of the disk. The base of the guard has a flange 27,between which and the under side of the ring 17 the roof is secured.

A series of short guy-ropes 28 are connected to the perforations of thedisk 18 and have their outer end-s fastened to the outer ends 5 of theribs. The outer edges of the roof take over the upper edges of theframes and are provided with a series of button-holes or eyelets 30,which engage the buttons or studs along the upper edges of the frames.The [O0 tent may be provided with any ordinary lamp-support, and theflame and smoke of the lamp will pass up through the conical guard andout in to the atmosphere, said guard serving to fully protect thematerial of which the roof is constructed.

From the above construction it will be apparent that I have provided atent free from corners and other contracted places so he quent in tentsand of such little use, and which is light, airy, eommodious, easily setup and taken down, and when packed can be readily handled and shipped.

In setting up the tent a rope 3i is connected to the eye of the disk 13and the other end of the rope passed over a pulley 32, se cured to thelimb of a tree or other fixed support, as shown, such as the ceiling ofa room. In packin the two sections are disconnected and the framesfolded in alternatelyopposite directions upon each other, as shown inFig. 2. The roof is simply lowered. so that the ribs may be gathered uparound the center piece of the tent, and that portion of the roofoutside the ribs or beyond the ends of the same allowed to fall aroundthe ribs, after which a rope is passed around the folded roof.

The above tent or portable room is espeeially adapted to be set up inhalls where societies hold their meetings, and in this manner a separateroom is formed in which degrees may be conferred.

Having described .my invention, what I claim is- I. In a tent, thecombination, with the roof thereof, of the wall formed ofoppositely-folding sections, each of which is composed of asericsofframes hinged together at alternatelyopposite sides, of devicesfor connecting removably the adjacent ends of the said sections,substantially as specified.

In a tent, the combination, with the roof thereof, of the wall formed ofopposite sections, each of which is composed of a series of frameshinged together at alternately-oppoite sides, each section beingprovided at one end with a staple and at the otherend with a hinged barhaving a hasp at its free end for engaging the staple of the oppositesection, and a hook for engaging said staple, substantially asspecified.

3. In a tent, the combination, with the roof thereof, of the wall formedof oppositely-fold ing sections, each of which is composed of a seriesof frames hinged together at alternately opposite sides, a hinged barlocated at the up per end of each section, and devices for rel I lmovably fastening the free end of the bar to the adjacent end of theopposite section, sub stantially as specified.

4.. In a tent, the combination, with the wall thereof, of the roofhaving a central opening, a conical metal guard passed through theopening and terminating at its upper end in a reduced opening, saidguard having its lower edge flared under the material of the roof, aring mounted above the material and having a peripheral groove notchedat intervals, a series of ribs mounted in the notches, a fastening-rin gpassed through the ribs and the groove, said ribs being secured to theroof, supports rising from the ring, a disk mounted on the supports andprovided with a series of perforations, guy-ropes connected withperforations and With the outer ends of the ribs, a loop mounted on thedisk, a rope connected to the loop, and a pulley secured above the roofand having said rope passed thercover, substantially as specified.

5. In a tent, the roof havingacentral opening, a conical metal guard 26,passed through the opening, said guard having its loweredge flared underthe material of the roof, a ring 17, mounted above the material andhaving a peripheral groove notched at intervals, a series of ribsmounted and secured inthe notches, said ribs being secured to the roof,supports 20, rising from thering, a disk 13, mounted on the supports andprovided with a series of perforations, guy-ropes 28, connected with theperforations and with the outer ends of the ribs, a loop mounted on thedisk, a rope connected to the loop, and a pulley secured above the roofand having said rope passed there over, substantially as specified.

6. In a tent, the combination, with the roof thereof, made of canvas andprovided with pockets or gores, and the frame in the center of the roof,provided with ribs which pass through the gores or pockets, of a wallcomposed of a series of frames hinged at alternately-opposite sides andadapted to fold one upon the other, and the studs provided on the framesto be engaged by button-holes in the edges of the roof, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM ORR, Sn. Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. MGMAHAN, IIRANK. N. HOFFIVIAN.

